{"id":9414,"date":"2019-11-05T10:26:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T10:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/blog\/?p=9414"},"modified":"2019-11-05T10:26:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T10:26:19","slug":"sylva-research-influences-policy-and-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/sylva-research-influences-policy-and-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylva research influences policy and practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our paper about financial cost of ash dieback, co-authored with former Oxford-Sylva scholar Louise Hill, continues to receive widespread political and popular interest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9415\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/15-billion-ash-dieback-costs-paper.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9415\" class=\"wp-image-9415\" src=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/15-billion-ash-dieback-costs-paper.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/15-billion-ash-dieback-costs-paper.png 640w,https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/15-billion-ash-dieback-costs-paper-355x913.png 1024w,https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/15-billion-ash-dieback-costs-paper.png 1440w,https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/15-billion-ash-dieback-costs-paper.png 1920w\" alt=\"\u00a315 billion ash dieback costs paper\" width=\"300\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a315 billion ash dieback costs paper<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In October it was cited by parliament\u2019s Environmental Audit Committee, whose MPs have called for a &#8216;citizens&#8217; army&#8217; to tackle biosecurity risks from invasive non-native species &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/34o1v0o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read the report<\/a>. Subsequently it gained interest in the mainstream media (e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2WCexoC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Read our post from May: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/blog\/ash-dieback-is-predicted-to-cost-15-billion-in-britain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ash Dieback is Predicted to Cost \u00a315 Billion in Britain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the full paper here: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/current-biology\/fulltext\/S0960-9822(19)30331-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.cell.com\/current-biology\/fulltext\/S0960-9822(19)30331-8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paper DOI: <em>10.1016\/j.cub.2019.03.033<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>About the Oxford-Sylva Scholarship<\/h2>\n<p>In 2010, Sylva Foundation managed to secure funding from a private donor to support forestry-related research. Following an approach to the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford, a partnership was agreed where the university was able to match this funding with a number of smaller funds it already held in hand. The result was a number of very capable graduate scholars. Sadly, Sylva has been unable to secure funding to continue this very fruitful relationship, but we always welcome enquiries from potential donors to continue this work. Please contact our CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sylva.org.uk\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Gabriel Hemery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/forestryhorizons\/scholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more about the Oxford-Sylva Graduate Scholarship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our paper about financial cost of ash dieback, co-authored with former Oxford-Sylva scholar Louise Hill, continues to receive widespread political and popular interest. 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